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<p>I imagine its terribly hard to do any type of recover with the Jobo ATL without some special equipment that I never had, and don't imagine are readily available anymore. Always did Kodak 6 step, one shot.</p>

<p>John its interesting that you should mention using the bleach and fix from a 6 step kit as I was thinking along those very same lines or even just using the prebleach and then blix, but when I went to look for it on BH and Adorama they were not there anymore, thanks for the link. So if you do one shot and mix opened bottles sooner rather than later does the results look as good as the 6 step?<br> And other John, thanks for your first hand info, it is a bit encouraging and maybe worth trying. I would love to have the passion I used to have for photography, and I think at least part of that was film. Digital just doesn't have a soul!</p>

<p>So here it is, 2015, and I wanted to revisit what is going on with E6. Here is my history, I have a Jobo ATL 1500 and used to process my own often when I was doing magazine/calendar work. I stopped when Kodak stopped with their kit and (GASP!) just pretty much did digital and B&W. I missed it, but when looking for a replacement I didn't want to split the bulk Kodak (which I think may not even be doable now) and reading about any 3 step didn't leave me very confident. But lately I have seen some positive posts about both Tetenal and Arista and just wanted to try and get a definitive answer. I am afraid some of the negatives may have been someone trying to get too many rolls out of a 1 liter kit and/or doing it in a sink. So has anyone done E6 in a Jobo with any 3 step, one shot, and got what they thought were just as good as Kodak or pro labs? I know someone is going to say "try it yourself and see", but honestly I dont want to go to all the trouble to set it up again or spend $100 on chemicals if it isn't 100% correct. </p>

<p>I guess we should just be thankful that they are still making film at all, especially LF, but the pricing is comical. I hadn't used much 4x5 in the past couple of years, but just got back into it this year. I had a bunch of Tmax and Ekfe 25 stored up and have been using it up. Well its pretty much gone so I needed to restock. I liked both fine, but of course Ekfe isn't around here anymore, so it was out (and reciprocity was a problem). I wanted to try Acros...... yeah nearly $3 a snap. Tmax, nearly $2. I used to use some Delta 100 in 120 and really liked so I checked it, just over a buck. Sweet. Order placed. Then I thought I would get some for less critical work to burn through so I ordered some Arista EDU for 60 cents per pop. I here its good with a few quality control issues here and there and pretty thin and soft so you have to handle carefully. Just thought it odd how its all over the place with prices. Delta is the same technology as Tmax and Acros but less than half price of the latter. The 120 and 35mm sizes are much more in line with each other. Is it like that in other countries? </p><div></div>

<p>I have a camera that can shoot wide, its just wanting to make life a little simpler. Thanks for the heads up on the 47, I'm going to bid on that for sure and then see what I can do to make it work, has to be a way. Lens board to ground glass looks to be about 50mm, so if I could get it back there just 10mm or so I should at least get some focus ability</p>

<p>I guess I should have listed a budget, I was looking for something reasonable like a few hundred bucks, these things sell new for a few grand, and used looks like a grand still won't touch. I think I could fab a lensboard if I could come up with a lens. I have a mig and not afraid to use it!</p>

<p>I guess I should have listed a budget, I was looking for something reasonable like a few hundred bucks, these things sell new for a few grand, and used looks like a grand still won't touch. I think I could fab a lensboard if I could come up with a lens. I have a mig and not afraid to use it!</p>

<p>I have an old Linholf Technika with a 6x7 adapter which works great with my 90, 150, and 240 4x5 lenses, but I don't have any wide angle options for the roll film back. Looking around about the widest I see is around 65mm and really want something more like a 50, but not sure if the camera can handle that and if anything is even available. I am not about trying to adapt something, so tell me what your set up is?</p>